St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-11

go down tomorrow or Saturday.
Up to IL As to-nighteverything is quiet
throughout the city. No indications of
disturbance have been reported from
any quarter. The fact that the authOri
ties have taken every precautiOn to pre-
vent trouble and are fully prepared for
any emergency is almost guarantee
that everything will pass off quietly to-
morrow.
A Delegation
which arrived at the Jail at 80 o'clock
created ripple of excitement. 1t con-
sisted of Gen .FitZ Sim0ns, command
ing the First brigade of the Illinois Ma
tional Guards; Lieut.. Gov. Smith and
his staff. composed of Col. Clarke, Col.
Buchana an, Col. Potter and Lieut.. Love
joy. They were escorted into the cell
room by Chief Deputy Sheriff Gleason
and talked to the anarchists. Their
visit was entirely unofficial. After this
the scene in the Jail office and
in fact all about the building
became exceedingly moEotonOus. News
paper men chatted about former hang
ings and the deputy SheriffS walked up
and down in silence. Sheriff MatS0n
occasionally came out of the jailer'S pri-
vate office to see that his men were on
the alert.
At11:30 O'Clock the condemned men
were still awake and talking to their
guards. Parsons was in the cell further
est to the east, Fischer was located in
the next to the west, Engle in the ad-
joining one and Spies next. Fielden
and Schwab paced up and down their
cells inviting sleep. A few minutes
after IL O'Clock Deputy Warden Peters
came out from his tour of duty with
Engel with the air of man who had
just left an agreeable entertainment.
The cause was discovered to be select
assortment of
FUNNY STORIES,
with which Engel had RECALLED him.
This one of the condemned is by no
means depressed by the clatter of the
carpenters around in the western cOrri-
dor putting the finishing touches on the
Scaffold. where in few hours he will
be prominent actor. The grim terrors
of the rapidly passing hours seem to
have no effect on Engel. In the course
of his conversation with Peters he in
dulged in sheer at the coward
ice exhibited by several of his doomed
fellows. Said he: ''Here are a good
many loud takers among us; and the
ones that talked loudeSt were the first
to weaken when it came to the scratch"
When being asked as to his own view of
his coming doom, he threw up his
hands, and with shrug of his should
ers said: "YOu see me-" There is
hardly a doubt that he will march upon
the fatal platform and step out into
eternity with the reckless courage of
brute.
At 1880 Parsons is still awake
and pacing his cell with restless
step. Occasionally his sharp face
shows up in the glare of the lantern sit
ting in front of his door, and the light
in his eyes seems brighter than i'll the
early evening. Fischer and Spies sit on
their beds well back from the cell doors
and say but little. All the city papers
are represented except the Arbeiter
Zeitung, which has so long been the Or
gan of the Chicago anarchists. So
far as can be learned no APP
plication for admission has been
made by any one from that paper.
Deputy Sheriff AdOlph Mueller had a
talk with Fischer and Engel during the
evening. Mueller says that the two
men discussed Lingg's suicide freely.
Both of them declared that they
WISHED THEY HAD A CHANCE
to follow Lingg'S example. They would
infinitely prefer to take their own lives
than to suffer the shameful death
allotted to them. Engel also dis
cuSSed his own attempt at sui
eide, which he made Saturday night
by taking laudanum and morphine
pills. He went so far as to assert that
his own wife gave him the bottle about
a year ago, and he added that he wished
he had used the poison before it lost its
strength. Among the stories which are
floating around the Jail is one which
seems to point to some concerted action
by the outside anarchists. A saloon
keeper, whose place is located few
blocks from the Jail, says that last
night at late hour three men
came into his saloon. With two of them
he was acquainted as being well-knOwn
Chicago anarchists. The third party
was a stranger. In the saloon they had
a long private consultation, and as they
were getting ready to leave
THE STRANGER SAID:
Nothing will happen Thursday night
or Friday while the execution is going
on, but Friday night the police
will be tired and away from
the Jail, and then the fun will come"
He also said that delegations of an
archists would visit the newspaper
offices and treat them to sensation.
This sanguinary party was large Ger
man, wearing full beard. Shortly
after midnight messenger arrived at
the Jail with a telegram for Spies. 1t
was from his brothers, and babe him
meet his fate with firmness.
THEY KEEP THEIR NERVE.
Cook COUNTY JAIL, CHICAGO, ILL.,,
Nov. II, 2 a. NAT 1 O'Clock a change
was made in the death watch. Deputy
Hartke had been guarding Spies since
o'clock. He reported that he had
quite a long talk with the anarchist.
Spies declared that he had no reason to
be afraid and then launched forth in a
TRADE against the courts. He asserted
that all the judges who had any con-
nection with the case had reason
could hold up their heads and walk to
death with steady footsteps. The
deputy also related the manner in
which Rev. DIR. Bolton was received by
Spies. The divine asked him if he would
not accept of spiritual consolation.
Spies with naughty shake of the head,
declared that he had no use for any
clergymen. ''rll pray for you all night"
cried the doctor.
''Pray for YOURSELF" returned Spies.
''You need it more than l."
At IL o'clock Spies lay down on his cot
and closed his eyes but he did not sleep.
Several times he got up for drink of
water. But his every movement be-
tokened a firmness which was astonish-
ing. So it was with the rest of the an
archists. Parsons had the nerve to en-
terrain his guard with song. His Sc
lection was ''Annie Laurie"
HE SANG THE SWEET SONG
entirely through, and when he finished,
rested his head on his hands for few
moments and then repeated the song.
who heard him. Between 1 and 2
o'clock the sheriff and his assistants
tested the gallowS. Heavy bags of sand
were attached to the ropes and the traps
were sprung. The machines worked to
perfection, and in all respects was
satisfactory to the authorities.
An unusual quiet prevailed
in the Jail The only noise in the cell